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   Ottodesu said, 7 months ago

   Actually Science is religion neutral, which is something religionists don’t realise. You can use science to reinforce or refute a spiritual belief system, Science doesn’t care, but your USA religious fundamentalists do.
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   rvernon said, 7 months ago

   @Ottodesu

   I can’t stand fundamentalists of any type. Religious or secular. But I don’t really want to rehash the debate from last week, so I’ll try to leave it at that.
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   Rottiluv said, 7 months ago

   @Ottodesu

   Yeah, because there’s no religious nuts from any other country in the world. It’s not like Ken Ham is from Australia or anything like that. The ‘Reformed Political Party’ doesn’t exist in the Netherlands, Ian Paisley doesn’t live in Ireland, no it only happens in the US.
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   Bailey said, 7 months ago

   I suspect that roaches are religion-neutral, too.
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   Jack Garrott said, 7 months ago

   @Ottodesu

   By the way, I applaud your proclaiming your status, but whose husband are you?
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   sleeepy2 said, 7 months ago

   Most religious people are not extremist, fundamentalist, or science-fearing. They don’t make the news, though.
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   Another Dave said, 7 months ago

   Only Protestants fear science.
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   ajr58 said, 7 months ago

   Then why did it take 400 years for the Vatican to apologize for its treatment of Galileo?
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   Riff Gibson said, 7 months ago

   Science is about the physical world. Religion (at its best) is about all other realms. We should all agree to stop freaking out about this.
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    nighthawks said, 7 months ago

    @Rottiluv

    that’’s a GREAT avatar, Rottiluv!
    I actually swiped at my laptop screen before I realized I had been duped
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    Lynne B said, 7 months ago

    Gads, I HOPE this isn’t how Bell actually understands quantum theory. Because that right there is a science fail. :¬/
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    Gee Man said, 7 months ago

    Right. Because it would totally make sense for an all powerful God to give power over his creation to his enemy in order to trick humans into not believing in God. Assuming you’re Christian, Rom. 1:20 suggests that the natural universe speaks the truth about God – so, since science is careful observation of the natural universe, that would suggest what science has to say about the universe has to be reconciled with your faith – not treated as a trick.
    .
    As for it being a great point, I think Bell was being a bit sarcastic; quantum theory doesn’t suggest observation is needed to create reality, it suggests reality in certain circumstances is affected by observation – specifically, that some quantum-level phenomena are affected by the act of observing them. Also an over-simplification, but closer to reality :)
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    rvernon said, 7 months ago

    @Lynne B

    I don’t think the homeless crazy guy speaks for the author.
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    rvernon said, 7 months ago

    @Gee Man

    To conclude Darrin Bell agrees with the homeless guy here, we’d also have to conclude that yesterday he agreed that people disappear when not being watched.
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    prrdh said, 7 months ago

    Bishop Berkeley was a quantum physicist?
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